Baseball player variables: PLAYER = player's name. SALARY = the reported salary, in millions of dollars, the player earned for the 2006 MLB season. TEAM = the team the player played on in 2006. NL = 1 if the player was playing in the National League in 2006, 0 if in the American League in 2006. YEARS = number of seasons through 2005 the player has played with at least 130 at bats. SLUGGING = the slugging average through 2005, calculated as the ratio (number of bases reached)/(number of at bats)*1000. FIELDING = the fielding percentage through 2005, calculated as the ratio (assists + putouts)/(assists + putouts + errors)*100 BLACK = 1 if a player is black, 0 otherwise. HISPANIC = 1 if a player is non-black hispanic, 0 otherwise.